Love in Country (De La Fuente Family #4)(20)

“I want to see you spread out on a bed so that I can caress every inch of you,” she admits, “not up against a wall fully clothed while I grope you through denim.” The thought of getting naked again with her causes lust, pure and simple, to claw at my gut.

I gulp, holding on by a thread. “Yes, I’m tired of going to bed every night alone. I want to know what it feels like to wake in the morning with you snuggled up in my arms. I want to make breakfast together, and most of all I want you to be my woman, Sarah. Only mine.” I drop my forehead to hers.

Opening my eyes, I see tears hover close on her lashes and her hand no longer massages me, but cups my face. “Earlier today I put in an offer on a small place of my own. I’m excited about it, although nervous.”

I sigh in relief. “That fills me with joy.”

Smiling, she adds, “My heart is yours if you want it.”

“If I want it? Sarah, my heart has been yours since before I knew I’d given it to you.” My lips twitch to capture hers, but I know if I start again that I won’t be able to stop.

“Aiden, I need to go.” Her arms tighten around my waist before she slowly releases me.

“Let me know how it goes and if you need me, call. I’ll always come”—I smirk—“when you call.”

Sarah laughs and rolls her eyes. “I’m sure you will.” She glances at my groin, her eyes widening. “You look ready,” she comments in a husky tone.

I laugh. “I’m always ready for you.” I clear my throat and step into her when I’m abruptly pulled out of the bubble I felt wrapped in.

“Aiden, Bobby is getting pissed,” Rae shouts as she enters the barn.

I make sure that she doesn’t see Sarah by keeping my back toward Rae. Sarah’s ravished mouth is for my eyes only.

“I’ll be a minute.” I trace along Sarah’s bottom lip with a finger and watch as her eyes darken.

“Aiden!”

I smile down at Sarah when I hear the frustration in Rae’s voice. “I better go,” I whisper against her lips. “I’ll be seeing you very soon, Sarah.” While I let my meaning sink in, I brush the hair from her face and give her a brief kiss.

Stepping away from her and walking out of the barn is so hard, in more ways than one. I grimace at the discomfort in my jeans, and sigh when I breathe and feel my arousal start to ebb.





10


SARAH


After this afternoon in the barn with Aiden, I felt confident that everything would work out just fine, but then the bubble had to go and burst when I watched him with Rae. They were natural with each other and Aiden had no qualms about holding the other woman’s hand when she dragged him toward where they were filming.

I’m being silly with jealousy, but I just can’t help it because I want to be able to be carefree with him. I want to be able to touch him, laugh with him, and just be with him in public without whispers behind my back.

I’d kept busy in the barn for a while and then before I finally left, I had snuck another look to see what was happening. Aiden and Rae had been talking off to the side, and the conversation had looked serious before Rae had wrapped herself around Aiden in a hug.

My brain knew what he’d told me about their relationship, but it was hard to accept that when what I’d seen looked to be a tender moment between them.

Either way, whatever was happening had put a dampener on my joy of our time in the barn. The words I’d spoken had been the truth, but were his to me? I wanted them to be and he certainly couldn’t hide his reaction to me, but who knew.

Pulling me out of my miserable thoughts about Aiden, Greg clears his throat, and asks, “Did you talk to Kris earlier?”

“Yeah, not for long,” I answer. “She’s upset, and I don’t blame her really. It’s gone on far too long.” I school my features so that he doesn’t know there is anything truly wrong with me, and add, “I looked at a cabin today.”

I feel his stillness at my words before he drops into a chair at the kitchen table. “Tell me,” he requests, more resigned than anything.

I sit opposite him. “It’s small. One bedroom. And sits on the banks of the river. The inside needs cleaning out. And it could use a lick of paint throughout, but it’s solid…I put in an offer earlier today and it was accepted straightaway. It’s time, Greg. Not just for you, but for me as well.”

“I should never have tied you to me the way I did. Instead of being an ass, I should have just been honest to begin with like Matthew begged me to do. I’ve hurt you, and the man that I love. I’m not sure about making the announcement at work, but I’ll agree that in our personal life it has to stop.”

I’m surprised that he’s being so understanding for a change and I’m presuming that I have Matthew and his sister to thank for that.

“If you hadn’t got me to help with keeping your secret, I wouldn’t have the practice that I have today. And I wouldn’t have met Aiden.” I shrug, not even knowing what is really going to happen with Aiden, if anything. “I’m not suddenly doing this because of him. I need you to know that. He is responsible for giving me the push, but after talking to Kris today, I knew that it was time.” I offer him a wry smile. “It’s going to be strange living on my own after all these years.”